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Abortion clinic rules still in progress after a year

By Sam Killenberg | July 14

A year after the N.C. General Assembly passed a controversial law tightening standards for abortion clinics, both anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights ...

Deadline passes for filing eugenics claims in NC

By Lindsay Carbonell | July 7

About 700 people have filed claims to receive compensation for being forcibly sterilized by the state — but hundreds of potential living victims ...

Legislators miss fiscal year deadline for passing state budget

By Amy Tsai | June 30

To celebrate the new fiscal year Tuesday, state legislators had no finalized budget for 2014-15 and little to show for weeks of negotiations.

United Church of Christ challenges gay marriage ban

By Lucinda Shen | June 23

The United Church of Christ has joined the line of lawsuits against the state’s ban on gay marriage — and it is making an unconventional challenge. ...

Changes to incentives worry NC ?lmmakers

By Samantha Sabin | June 23

North Carolina was where UNC senior Erin Sands could see herself starting her filmmaking career.It’s diverse, with both the Carolina coast and the Blue ...

Science teacher Raymond Thomas chats with his coworkers in the library of Carrboro High School.

Low pay harms K-12 teacher recruitment and retention

By Sharon Nunn | June 23

In 2000 an engineer left an annual salary of $70,000 to teach and nurture students’ passion for science.“Fourteen years later, my pay is still not ...

NC House of Representatives releases state budget proposal

By Amy Tsai | June 16

With less than two weeks before the new fiscal year, the push compromise on the state budget has begun.

UNC Board of Governors will vote on out-of-state tuition rates

By Amy Tsai | June 16

In a departure from precedent, last year the N.C. General Assembly bypassed the UNC-system Board of Governors and mandated steep out-of-state tuition ...

Advocates challenge voting restrictions in NC

By Lindsey Brunson | June 9

Voter turnout has increased since the last non-presidential election, but state advocacy groups want November’s general election to be exempt from voting ...

Tax returns will not help hospitals

By Lindsay Carbonell | June 9

In a time of rising health care costs and lack of Medicaid expansion, new N.C. tax laws will stop state agencies from collecting patients’ tax returns ...

Police make 11 citations, 14 arrests at Moral Mondays so far

By Amy Tsai | June 4

Moral Monday participants may be willing to risk arrest, but this week the 11 protesters detained by police were given citations and released that evening. ...

NC state senators propose longer terms

By Sharon Nunn | June 4

A bill to double the length of North Carolina legislators’ terms would allow lawmakers to spend less time and money fundraising for re-elections.

NC Senate proposes no new budget cuts to UNC system

By Amy Tsai | June 2

After years of budget cuts, the UNC system would see no major reductions under the N.C. Senate’s budget proposal, finalized last week.

UNC system withstands pressures from changing political landscape

By Sarah Brown | June 2

In its first 37 years, the multi-campus UNC system never experienced the financial strains it has been grappling with since the 2008 recession.

Moral Monday protestors stage sit-in at NC General Assembly

By Paul Kushner | May 28

At the end of this week’s Moral Monday protest, some participants were not done being heard.

NC legislators continue debate on fracking

By Hannah Shaw | May 26

A bill that would allow fracking for natural gas reached the N.C. House of Representatives this week — reviving a debate that dates back several ...

N.C. Senator Gladys Robinson will introduce version of Erin's Law to General Assembly

By Lindsey Brunson | May 19

North Carolina may enact a mandatory child abuse education curriculum — potentially joining the 13 other states with child abuse education and prevention ...

N.C. home to 80 counties with food deserts

By Hayley Fowler | April 24

Some people in North Carolina are forced to turn to the nearest corner store or fast food restaurant when hungry.

Tuition benefits for veterans to expand

By Taylor Carrere | April 23

Gov. Pat McCrory wants to give in-state tuition benefits to veterans attending community colleges — but it’s still up in the air if the state will ...

Students for Education Reform gathered outside of the General Assembly Building in Raleigh in 2014, calling for a raise in wages for teachers and a new respect for the job. SFER consists of college students from all over the state, including Duke, East Carolina, UNC-CH, and Wake Forest.

Student protestors in Raleigh call for education reform

By Amanda Raymond | April 14

Students from across the Triangle greeted the attendees of a legislative task force for education with two signs Monday — one depicting a sturdy ladder ...